Parry and Spar, or is it... Reluctant Admiral 4.2 Fulkerson(J) vs Moore (A)

[larryfulkerson]

And another thing to come before the combat results: I just now learned that when you have a mixed cargo TF there's a bias in
reporting the fuel not the oil. You can see in the list of TF's that each TF is listed only one time and the fuel is reported but the
oil is not. Just something to keep in mind when going over the cargo's going here and there.

[larryfulkerson]

This raid netted only 1/10th of the casualties I was expecting. I have no idea what went wrong so I'm guessing it is a fluke of the
weather or something. Or maybe it's a sign that diminishing returns has set in already and that this TF might be used better somewhere
else.

[larryfulkerson]

I'm probably going to have to do some ship-to-shore bombardment to even the odds in this fight. Jim has even got another Allied
ground unit headed to Port Moresby to make the odds even worse for my guys. I'll take a look around and see if I can scrape up
some ships to bombard with and get them there to PM before too long.

[larryfulkerson]

A rather one-sided fight ensued last night.

[larryfulkerson]

One of my boats took a hit on a resupply mission to Cebu. D'oh.

[larryfulkerson]

It looks like we traded hits during the early morning hours.

[larryfulkerson]

And then, there was a big swirling dog-fight over Manila.

[larryfulkerson]

And then some of my Oscars mix it up with the AVG at Canton. The AVG used their altitude advantage to good result.

[larryfulkerson]

I thought I had turned off operation SKIDDING CAR Two and it turns out that I hadn't. One damaged Betty as a result. I've since
made sure I turned it off.

[larryfulkerson]

And then my Zero's do another sweep of Manila and another furball ensues.

[larryfulkerson]

I don't know what happened to my escorts.......my Zero's must be getting tired or something. Damaged Nell's as a result of an airbase
strike. D'oh.

[larryfulkerson]

And then some of my Sally's try to put the hurt on the 22nd Indian unit near Kuantan.

[larryfulkerson]

And then some of my Sonia's raid the AVG base at Wuchow.

[larryfulkerson]

The Allied Kendari Garrison Bln was enjoying their breakfast and my Sonia's paid them a visit. I may as well run some troops out there
and finish them off.

[larryfulkerson]

And then some of my Sonia's near Manila did one of their "good training" missions. Not much damage done but the pilots are happy.

[larryfulkerson]

Then some of Jim's longer-ranged aircraft stage a raid on one of my ships. Only 1 Zero made it to CAP the incident but all's well.

[larryfulkerson]

The Sumatra isn't showing up on the list of sunk ships so I guess it's still laboring away somewhere.

[larryfulkerson]

And then my Betty's decided to bomb Allied land units in and around Manila.

[larryfulkerson]

And then Clark Field received a raid from my Lilly's.

[larryfulkerson]

Then location "Mole Man" received an Allied raid. The AVG is escorting this time and there was a furball.